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stevebreeze

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28. I am also older and late to pick up a guitar I have one addition suggestion

Mon May 6, 2013, 08:46 PM

May 2013

I have many of the same problems others do here. I am a carpenter and have some serious mobility issues with arthritic fingers and shoulders.
Play with other people as much as you can. It will help you with tempo, if you are off it will stick out like a soar thumb.
I would also recommend open mic nights. Nothing focuses the mind like the possibility of making an ass out of yourself. Though you will most likely find that the vast majority of those at open mic have had their own learning curve. I have always been treated extremely well and courteously, even when I really did suck.

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Older beginning guitar player [View all] Flashmann Mar 2013 OP

Here's a (hopefully) encouraging update ... Scuba Mar 2013 #1

not naturally gifted Flashmann Mar 2013 #3

Sounds like you're on the right track and have a good teacher. Scuba Mar 2013 #5

BTW, one of the best YouTube teachers is Marty Schwartz .... Scuba Mar 2013 #2

Exactly who I was going to recommend- digonswine Mar 2013 #6

Marty Schwartz Flashmann Mar 2013 #4

I've been playing Munificence Mar 2013 #7

I recommend for folks is to learn the "CAGED SYSTEM". Flashmann Mar 2013 #9

Other things Munificence Mar 2013 #11

Other things Flashmann Mar 2013 #12

Don't get weighed down Munificence Mar 2013 #13

weighed down Flashmann Mar 2013 #14

I started playing when I was 14, self taught but later hung out at Berklee and got some Zorra Mar 2013 #8

you just ruined your life with this awful addiction. Flashmann Mar 2013 #10

Also know this: Iggo Mar 2013 #15

just one more guitar. Flashmann Mar 2013 #16

It doesn't, but it can be controlled. Iggo Mar 2013 #17

Amps! Flashmann Mar 2013 #18

I am a guitar SNOB Munificence Mar 2013 #19

There's a Guy on Guitar Central.com You Should Check Out ProfessorGAC Apr 2013 #20

Claude Johnson? Flashmann Apr 2013 #21

That's Him ProfessorGAC Apr 2013 #26

If I may.... clarice Apr 2013 #22

If I may.... Flashmann Apr 2013 #23

fly away fingers. lol clarice Apr 2013 #24

heard of Tony Rice? Flashmann Apr 2013 #25

Flash.... clarice Apr 2013 #27

Come on man.... Munificence May 2013 #30

you didn't even listen to the song Flashmann May 2013 #31

Bluegrass is where acoustic players go to really stretch their limits. jeepnstein May 2013 #42

Don't think of flat picking as the domain of dumb hillbillies. Flashmann May 2013 #43

Don't know how I morphed the thread into an acoustic guitar thread. jeepnstein May 2013 #44

Sorry for rambling, I just get wrapped up in talking music some times. Flashmann May 2013 #45

I am also older and late to pick up a guitar I have one addition suggestion stevebreeze May 2013 #28

I am also older Flashmann May 2013 #29

Jam buddies are great Munificence May 2013 #32

next time I'll tell them to break your stings! Flashmann May 2013 #33

Although it may not be in your Munificence May 2013 #34

about taking time off Flashmann May 2013 #35

Just listened Flashmann May 2013 #36

Haha Munificence May 2013 #37

So was what I heard as fingerpicking Flashmann May 2013 #38

Yes! Munificence May 2013 #39

30-50 hours a week Flashmann May 2013 #40

Keep playing regulary Munificence May 2013 #41